Took Off from Dorval on a delivery flight to India. The undercarriage was retracted immediately that the aircraft took off.
When it sank on faltering slightly in its climb-out, one of the propellors hit the ground and shattered and the aircraft crashed.
Killed includes Chappell:Sergeant Geoffrey Frank Buers RAF KIFA Mount Royal Cemetery Montreal Sec. G.943. Grave 468.Sergeant Allan Thomas Furness RAF KIFA Old Kildonan Presbyterian Cemetery Winnipeg Plot 356. Sec. B.Sergeant Ivor Ralph Platt RAF KIFA Baron De Hirsch Memorial Park Montreal Sec. 25. Plot 21. (Jewish).Flying Officer Derrick William Southwell RAF KIFA Mount Royal Cemetery Montreal Sec. G.943. Grave 465.Flying Officer John Albert Winkley RAF pilot KIFA Mount Royal Cemetery Montreal Sec. G.943. Grave 466.
The record indicates only the 6 fatalities among the eleven man crew, but does not list the survivors anywhere thay I was able to find.